DJ Shadow made music headlines last week when he was unceremoniously kicked off the decks at Miami's Mansion nightclub in similar fashion to Dennis Ferrer earlier in the year. Despite a tweet following the incident where he stated that no club could ever make him sacrifice his intergrity as a DJ, Shadow has generally taken the incident pretty well, accepting that he should "have never been booked there in the first place. Square peg in a round hole, etc,” and even offered to upload the set.
In an unexpected move, Mansion has offered DJ Shadow an apology that refreshingly consists of no back-peddling nor beating around the bush, but simply offers a straight-up 'we fucked up' stance.
"We offer our most sincere apologies to DJ Shadow and his fans for his set being cut short at Mansion this past weekend," the apology reads. "This error should not have happened and will not happen again, especially as we pride ourselves on creating an environment that cultivates and respects innovators such as DJ Shadow. We have learned a lot from this error and made changes within our organization to ensure that Mansion’s vision, and the vision of our guests, will never be compromised again."
Whether or not the club truly mean it is yet to be seen, as this could just be an exercise in damage control, but for now, you gotta give credit where credit is due.